USPTO Patents Application 09980416

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Peter Monsen

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09/980,416

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November 30, 2001

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Multiple Access System and Method For Multibeam Digital Radio Systems

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Multiple Access System and Method For Multibeam Digital Radio Systems

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McRae et al.

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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

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COUNTRY

CLASS

SUBCLASS

Translation

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NO

OTHER DOCUMENTS (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, Etc.)

CA

"An Adaptive Receiver for Digital Signalling Through Channels With Intersymbol Interference", J.G. Proaxis and J.H.
Miller, IEEE Transactions onlnformation Theory, Vol. IT-15, No. 4, July 1969, pp. 484-497.

CB

"MMSE Equalization of Interference on Fading Diversity Channels", P. Monsen, IEEE Conference on Communications,
Conference Record, Vol. 1, Denver, CO, June 1981, pp. 12.2-1 - 12.2-5

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CC

"Adaptive Equalization and I nterfereifte Cancellation for Wireless Communication Systems", B.C.W. Lo and K.B. Letaief,
IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 47, No. 4, April 1999, pp. 538-545.

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"Dynamic Channel Assignment in High-Capacity Mobile Communications Systems", D.C. Cox and D.O. Reudink, The Bell
System Technical Journal, Vol. 50, No. 6, July-August 1971, pp. 1833-1857..

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"MMSE Equalization of Interference on Fading Diversity Channels", P. Monsen, IEEE Transactions on Communications,
Vol. COM-32, No. 1, January 1984, pp. 5-12.

CF

"Linear Multiuser Detectors for Synchronous Code-Division Multiple Access Channels", R. Lupas and S. Verdu, , IEEE
Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 35, No. 1, January 1989, pp. 123-136.

CG

"Decorrelating Decision-Feedback Multiuser Detector for Synchronous Code-Division Multiple-Access Channel", A.
Duel-Hallen, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. COM-41, No. 2, Febraury 1993, pp. 285-290.

CH

"A Family of Multiuser Decision-Feedback Detectors for Asynchronous Code-Division Multiple- Access Channels", A.
Duel-Hallen, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 43, No. 2/3/4, February/March/ April 1995, pp. 421-434.

CI

"Information-Theoretic Considerations for Symmetric, Cellular, Multiple-Access Fading Channels-Part I", S. Shamai and
A.D. Wyner, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 43, No. 6, November 1997, pp. 1877-1894.

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"Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Dual-Mode Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular System, EIA/TI
IS-95,1992.

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"Feedback Equalization for Fading Dispersive Channels", P. Monsen, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, January
1971, pp. 56-64.

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Least Square Estimation with Application to Digital Signal Processing, A.A. Giordano and F.M. Hsu, John Wiley and Sons,
New York, NY, 1 985, Chapter 3.3.

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